Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars

Mitsubishi Dynaboars (三菱重工相模原ダイナボアーズ) also known as Mitsubishi Juko Sagamihara Rugby Club, are a Japanese rugby union team based in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The owner of this club is Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.

Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars
三菱重工相模原
Full nameMitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. Sagamihara Rugby Club
UnionJapan Rugby Football Union
Nickname(s)Dynaboars
Founded1981
LocationSagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
Ground(s)Mitsubishi Juko Sagamihara Ground
ChairmanShigeki Iwamatsu
Coach(es)Greg Cooper
League(s)Japan Rugby League One
20217th, Red Conference
Playoffs
Round of 16
Team kit
2nd kit

The club was founded in 1981. It came second in the Top East 10 league in 2004-5 and entered the Top League challenge series play-off.

The club won the Top East 11 league in 2006–07 and entered the Top League in 2007–08. The team was named Dynaboars (a conflation of "dynamic" and "boars") as part of their promotion to the Top League; however, they were demoted at the end of the season. The Dynaboars signed ex-Wales international and IRB World Player of the Year 2008 Shane Williams in 2012, retiring in 2014.[1]

Players

Current squad

The Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars squad for the 2022 season is:[2]

Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars squad

Props

  • Taro Aihara
  • Hayato Hosoda
  • Tomoaki Ishii
  • Naoki Kawamata
  • Jun Morimoto
  • Akihiro Ogiso

Hookers

  • Taiji Machino
  • Yuki Miyazato
  • Yuya Otsuka
  • Ryuta Sagara
  • Yoshimitsu Yasue

Locks

  • Sam Chongkit
  • Jackson Hemopo
  • Yuta Onodera
  • Takahiro Terui
  • Ryoma Tokuda
  • Epineri Uluiviti

Loose Forwards

  • Heiden Bedwell-Curtis
  • Noriya Kobayashi
  • Daniel Linde
  • Daisuke Musha
  • Hiroki Nakamura
  • Dylan Nel
  • Yusuke Sakamoto
  • Koki Sato
  • Shinya Tanaka
  • Makoto Tosa
  • Masataka Tsuruya

Scrum-halves

  • Nicholas Ealey
  • Kosuke Enomoto
  • Kota Iwamura
  • Ippei Oshima
  • Taichi Takahashi

Fly-halves

Centres

Wingers

  • Roland Alaia'sa
  • Rentaro Kanazaki
  • Gousuke Kawakami
  • Kruger Latu
  • Ben Paltridge
  • Keita Sekimoto
  • Honeti Taumohaapai
  • Ippei Yamamoto

Fullbacks

  • Kensaku Akuta

Utility backs

  • Nozomi Nara
(c) Denotes team captain, Bold denotes player is internationally capped

Former players

Coach

  • Scott Pierce
  • John Mulvihill
  • George Konia

References

  1. "Shane Williams: Former Wales wing announces retirement". BBC Sport. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  2. "2018 players & staff" (in Japanese). Mitsubishi Dynaboars. Retrieved 20 July 2018.


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